Chapter 326

On March 27th, 1848, the Government of Vienna announced the abolition of local tariffs and prohibited local governments from collecting tariffs under any name. The Hungarian representative in Vienna slammed the door and left.

Although the Hungarians mentioned the abolition of local tariffs in their conditions, they asked for Austria to abolish them unilaterally and not for Hungary to give up on Austria's tariffs.

Otherwise, this issue would not have been debated at all. As early as 1795, the abolition of local tariffs was proposed during Maria's reform, and by 1848, it had already been abolished elsewhere.

Due to the obstruction of Hungary's interest groups, this tariff was continued. The truth of the matter was completely different from the propaganda. The Spring and Autumn Period was also applicable in Europe.

Otherwise, the Government of Vienna wouldn't have to wait until the Hungarian Revolution was suppressed to abolish the tariffs.

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Before one wave subsided, another wave arose!

Before the problem in the Czech Republic was solved, another piece of bad news reached Vienna. The Kingdom of Sardinia declared war on Austria!

On the evening of March 23rd, King Charles Albert of Sardinia announced war on Austria in a speech on the square of the palace. Because of the war, it was already the 27th when the news reached Vienna.

"Have the reinforcements we sent to Marshal Radski arrived?" Franz asked.

After suppressing the rebellion in Vienna, the Government of Austria transferred 50,000 troops to reinforce Marshal Radski.

This was originally prepared by Franz to deal with the war with the Kingdom of Sardinia. Otherwise, they wouldn't need reinforcements to suppress the rebellion in Italy.

If there were no reinforcements, it would be the same as in history. Marshal Radski used a small number of troops to deal with the Italians and waited for reinforcements to arrive before defeating the Italians.

The situation now was different. The rebellion in Vienna was suppressed in advance, and the rebellions in other places had not broken out yet. Austria still had the strength to fight in Italy.

"The day before yesterday afternoon, they arrived in Venice and have started to suppress the rebellion!" Felix said with a pale face.

A small Kingdom of Sardinia dared to challenge Austria at this time. This was like stepping on the Emperor's head.

Franz shook his head. The Kingdom of Sardinia was not the only one participating in the war. The Papal State, the Duchy of Tuscany, and the Kingdom of Naples were also forced to participate in this war.

The Austrian embassies in various Italian states had already sent messages to strengthen the security in the country.

"Send an order to Marshal Radski. Let him fight as he sees fit. If he needs reinforcements, let him wait for another month!" Franz thought for a while and said.

He had no intention to discuss military issues with the cabinet. These people were all amateurs and probably were not as knowledgeable as him.

It was too risky for a layman to lead an expert. After the outbreak of the revolution, the telegraph lines between Vienna and Italy were destroyed.

Franz did not know the specific situation of the Italian battlefield. The only thing he could do now was to delegate his power to Marshal Radski and provide logistical support.

In history, he was the one who suppressed the Italian rebellion and defeated the armies of the various Italian states. Now that Austria had a greater advantage, there was no reason for them to lose.

Austria was the one who suppressed the rebellion. Of of the Empire of Austria, and of Austria. of the Austria of the of the Empire of the rebellion.

Sometimes, Franz really wanted to send the army to suppress the nobles and capitalists who might rebel. Then, he would carry out a land reform and solve all the problems.

Unfortunately, this was impossible. He had to hand over the nobles who participated in the rebellion to the Noble Parliament, let alone those who did not rebel.

Up until now, there were only 12 nobles who were executed by the Noble Parliament. They were accused of using despicable means to kill nobles in an attempt to rob them of their titles!

Alright, Franz had nothing to say. This was the result of Grand Duke Louis fighting hard for in the Noble Parliament because of the pain of losing his son.

Of course, Franz did not do nothing. At least, the assets of the 28 noble families that were determined to be extinct were temporarily returned to the state. All the heirs of the side branches could not inherit the title until they could prove that they had nothing to do with their deaths.

Unfortunately, this was an unsolvable problem. As long as one submitted an application to inherit the title, there would be a motive.

If you did not participate in the rebellion, did your relatives and friends? If worse came to worst, even if your neighbor or someone you knew participated, you could not be cleared of suspicion.

Franz directly gave the Noble Parliament the right to determine that they were cleared of suspicion. As long as more than 80% of the Noble Parliament believed that you were not suspected and that you were the first heir, you could inherit the title.

The relationship between the nobles was too messy. There were a lot of relatives who had the right to inherit the title. Everyone was jealous, and internal problems were difficult to solve.

As long as it was proven that there was something wrong with the first heir, then the title and land would be given to the second heir.

Because of the marriage between the nobles, the first and second heirs were often not from the same family. They might even be enemies, which made it even more difficult.

Who did not have a group of relatives and friends? It was difficult to inherit the title, but it was not difficult at all to prevent others from inheriting the title.

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"Your Highness, if all the Italian states participate in the war, I'm afraid that Marshal Radski will not have enough troops. Should we get reinforcements from other places?" Felix suggested.

"The Italian states are not monolithic. They are only sending troops because of public opinion. I'm sure they are still bargaining.

Now that the Sardinians have jumped out, I guess they will only attack if the revolutionary party agrees to merge with them.

In the Regions of Italy, we already have 40,000 troops. With the addition of 50,000 reinforcements, it should not be a problem to deal with the enemy for a while.

Now that the situation in the country is not stable, if we continue to transfer troops, if there is a rebellion in other areas, we will be exhausted.

We can tell Marshal Radski not to care about the gains and losses of a city or a land. As long as we can win in the end, it doesn't matter if we lose some places now. "

Franz resisted the temptation to quickly defeat the Italians and chose to fight steadily.

In history, Marshal Radski was unprepared. He was able to fight on even when the Government of Vienna gave the order to abandon Italy. There was no reason for them to lose now that they had reinforcements.

Franz did not know how strong the Austrian army was, but when he thought about the Italian army's achievements, he felt relieved.

In history, Austria and Italy had fought so many times. Other than the time when the original owner personally commanded and lost to the French and Italian Allied Forces, the rest of the time, it was Austria who defeated Italy. Even the corrupted Austro-Hungarian Empire could also defeat Italy.